Phil Ivey Making Another Deep Run At The WPT

Published on February 27th, 2008 1:08 am EST

Is this finally the tournament when Phil Ivey breaks through and wins his first World Poker Tour title?

After Day 4 of the L.A. Poker Classic, Phil Ivey has the chip lead with a stack of just over $1.54 million. Kyle Burnside, the Day 3 chipleader, was bounced from the tournament on Tuesday.

Blair Hinkle is hot on the heels of Phil Ivey with a stack of just over $1.54 million chips. Hinkle is a measly 2k in chips behind Ivey heading into Day 5.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. is lurking just behind the two chipleaders with a stack of just under 1.4 million chips. Hellmuth Jr. had a fantastic day on Tuesday, vaulting himself into contention for his first WPT title as well.

Nam Le, another name that might be known to poker fans, is currently in fourth place with a stack of 1.254 million chips. Jennifer Tilly is still alive but will be nursing one of the short-stacks heading into the second-last day of play.

Here is your complete list of chip stacks heading into Day 5:

Phil Ivey, $1.543 million

Blair Hinkle, $1.541 million

Phil Hellmuth Jr., $1.399 million

Nam Le, $1.254 million

Michael Carson, $1.029 million

Michael Watson, 987k

Charles Moore, 921k

WeiKai Chang, 751k

Quinn Do, 695k

Matt Brady, 497k

Jennifer Tilly, 417k

Jeffrey Schwimmer, 413k

Theo Tran, 410k

Scott Montgomery, 386k

Peter De Best, 291k

David Singer, 285k

Brian Taylor, 228k

Yury Parad, 214k

Play will resume on Wednesday afternoon when the remaining 18 players will play down to the TV final table.